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Hello All Experts,

I need to update a single field of a custom entity record based on a click of a custom button.

this will update the field and based on that i want to run a plugin on updation of this particular field.

My approach.

1. Create an Update stage Plugin for the custom entity and filtering attribute to custom single field.

2. Create a custom button on the form using ribbon workbench.

3. Write a javascript function using web api to update the single field but How To?

can anyone help me in resolving this by using web api??

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Nithya Gopinath 17,078 on at

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Hi,

You could use the code below.

function updateOperationUsingWebAPI() { var clientUrl = Xrm.Page.context.getClientUrl(); var req = new XMLHttpRequest(); req.open("PATCH", encodeURI(clientUrl + "/api/data/v8.0/accounts(CE49991C-C3B5-E511-80DE-6C3BE5A8AD10)"), true); req.setRequestHeader("Accept", "application/json"); req.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/json; charset=utf-8"); req.setRequestHeader("OData-MaxVersion", "4.0"); req.setRequestHeader("OData-Version", "4.0"); var body = JSON.stringify({ "name": "Updated Sample Account ", }); req.send(body); }

For more details, see https://community.dynamics.com/crm/b/scaleablesolutionsblog/archive/2016/01/18/crud-operations-using-web-api

Hope this helps.

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Hi nithya i have an doubt is it necessary to use webapi to update single field cant we do with JS

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Thinking aloud.. why not change the attribute value and trigger form save?

Anyway, there are some WebAPI library you can use to update the record, you don't need to create the entire request and send it everytime.

Refer to: sdkwebapi.codeplex.com/documentation

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hai,

i have parent record with child records associated with it,whenever i update parent record i want all the child records to be updated.how can i achieve this by using webAPI

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aspsolutionkirit.blogspot.in/.../how-to-retrieves-all-child-contacts-of.html

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Hello,

We can use the below code to update single field value of an entity.

function updateRecord() {

var data = {

"value": "fieldNewValue"

};

var req = new XMLHttpRequest();

req.open("PUT", Xrm.Page.context.getClientUrl() + "/api/data/v8.2/EntitySchemaName(RecordID)/fieldname", true); //Use Plural name of an entity, record id and fieldname

req.setRequestHeader("Accept", "application/json");

req.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/json; charset=utf-8");

req.setRequestHeader("OData-MaxVersion", "4.0");

req.setRequestHeader("OData-Version", "4.0");

req.onreadystatechange = function () {

if (this.readyState === 4) {

req.onreadystatechange = null;

if (this.status === 204) {

Xrm.Utility.alertDialog('Record Updated Successfully.');

} else {

//Xrm.Utility.alertDialog(this.statusText); //Use to know status

var error = JSON.parse(this.response).error; // Use to throw an error

alert(error.message);

}

}

};

req.send(JSON.stringify(data));

}

Refer this link for more details : www.c-sharpcorner.com/.../writing-update-request-using-web-api

Thanks

Pradip

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